Our district uses Google Workspace for Education, a powerful suite of productivity, creativity, and collaboration tools. Watch for an email (likely sent to your personal email account) from the MESD IT Department containing the login information for your new district Google account. 

• Your Google Account for Single Sign-On to Other Platforms
  You will use your Google account login credentials to login to many (if not most) of the digital platforms we use throughout the district. 

• Google Apps Training
  You can learn more about the apps included in Google Workspace through training activities available in our self-paced, online ed tech training "game" called Learniverse. Learn more about Learniverse in the section below.

Learniverse is an online ed tech PD "game" that allows teachers and other instructional staff members to learn about our district's digital tools and best practices in digital pedagogy at their own pace.

• Learn more about Learniverse
  Login to our Learniverse website to learn about the game and how it works. Be sure to explore the Learniverse Game Guide to see everything Learniverse has to offer and how to play the game.

• Login to Learniverse
  Login to the game on the Alludo platform by clicking here and using your district Google account to sign-in. (You may have to enter your email address and Google password, or you may be able to just select your district Google account from a pop-up list. The first time you login, you will have to "Allow" Alludo to connect with your Google account.)

• Complete any required training within the game
  Depending on your role, you may be required to complete certain training levels and/or missions within the game:

  • • • ALL K-12 Teachers and other Instructional Staff members must complete the following missions:

        • • • Mission: Learniverse Basics  (part of "Welcome to Learniverse!")

            • Mission: GoGuardian  (part of "District Jetpack Essentials")

            • Mission: Chromebook  (part of "District Jetpack Essentials") 

      • ALL K-12 Teachers must also complete:

        • • • Mission: LearnPlatform  (part of "District Jetpack Essentials") 

            • Level: Schoology Supernova (all missions within the level)

Schoology is our district's Learning Management System (LMS). It is a robust platform packed with features to foster collaboration and communication and to facilitate more personalize learning experiences for our students. Teachers post course materials, assignments, grades, etc. through Schoology, and students (and parents) can access everything in one place. 

• Login to Schoology
  To login, go to schoology.mesd.us and use your district Google account to sign-in. (You may have to enter your email address and Google password, or you may be able to just select your district Google account from a pop-up list. The first time you login, you will have to "Allow" Schoology to connect with your Google account.)

• Self-Paced Schoology Training
  Our online ed tech PD "game" called Learniverse has a comprehensive Schoology training module called "Schoology Supernova" that all new teachers should complete as soon as possible. 

When it comes to technology support, there are really two different departments that you can turn to:

• Education Technology Department
  Support from the Ed Tech Department is primarily geared to the instructional integration of digital tools. We're here to help you really leverage the power of technology to transform learning outcomes. Want to try out a new digital tool? We're here to help! Want to dive into creating a student-centered, blended learning environment? We will coach you through it! As the system administrators for our LMS, we can also help you with Schoology issues when needed. (However, outside of Schoology, we aren't usually the best bet for help with technical issues.)
  
  You can email the Ed Tech Department at ed-tech@mesd.us. For Schoology-related help, please fill out our Schoology Support Request Form (bit.ly/schoology-help).
  
  

• Information Technology (IT) Department
  The IT Department supports technical issues related to software, hardware, and login issues with network accounts. This is the department to contact when something "breaks" or isn't working right.
  
  You can place a support ticket for the IT Help Desk at k1000.mesd.us or by emailing testhelp@mesd.us